Waltraud Koestler on thu 1 nov 01
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yes, I'm a little bit frustrated, because I have to regard for my
husband. He often say's "you'll poison us some time..."
I often use wax resist. It stinks a lot within the house and outside R>
too. And if I think about luster...
As I started firing at home, I couldn't open the windows during night.<=
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(A few years ago someone broke into our home.)
Now we've iron rods at the windows (Gitter vor den Kellerfenstern)
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and I can open the windows during the whole firing process.
Additionally I put wet clothes on the doorrift (T=FCrritz). So I
minimized the smell a little bit.
Luster is not the only thing I'd like to try out. I'm interested in >
reduction firing. Copper red, seladon green and blue ...
Woodfiring (not gas!).
I've got "only" an electric kiln and was looking for possibil=
ities of
reduction firing in electric kiln. I thought about a capsule, but one <=
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can not control the reduction process.
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Janet,
As you asked for tiles for the potters path a few years ago I thought <=
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I'm not good enough for such a task... (It should be weather
resistant...)
The glaze recipes for the slate glazes (100 g)
The first one
85,0 slate
15,0 whiting
This is the glaze I'd like to apply gold luster.
The next one (I like this one, it's more lively and middlebrown)
-- It's a recipe from N. H=F6ber--
76,9 slate
23,1 dolomite
I fire to cone 7 (seger cones) I think, it's about Orton cone 8 =
I've got a dark blue and a black glaze. On both glazes a decoration >
of gold luster could be beautiful.
I'm looking for a glaze, that looks like slate - satin, matt black, >
but I havent't found one yet.
I adjusted the ingredients of the described glazes without any
success.
Regards
Waltraud
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Cindy Strnad on thu 1 nov 01
Dear Waltraud,
I know this is a difficult matter for you, but
your husband is right. You really need to send the
fumes from your kiln outside. They do contain
toxic substances. If you can't put your kiln in an
outbuilding or purchase a kiln vent and have it
installed, at least look into a do-it-yourself
project. You just can't go on firing the way
you've been doing it. You are poisoning yourself,
and if you go on to trying electric reduction and
lusters, the situation will only grow worse.
The things you can smell are bad to breathe, but
the things you can't smell are also bad--maybe
worse--who knows what they may be? Do you use
glazes/clays with manganese? Cadmium? Lead?
Seriously, don't give up on firing, but do get
that kiln vented.
Best wishes,
Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels Pottery
RR 1, Box 51
Custer, SD 57730
USA
cindy@earthen-vessels-pottery.com
http://www.earthen-vessels-pottery.com
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